Fast mobile IPv6 handover packet loss performance: measurement for emulated real time traffic

Author

Kempf, James ; Wood, Jonathan ; Fu, Guangrui

Author_Institution

DoCoMo USA Commun. Labs., San Jose, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

20-20 March 2003

Firstpage

1230

Abstract

Mobile IPv6 provides comprehensive mobility management for the IPv6 protocol. Yet, it has been known for some time that the default mobile IPv6 protocol for handover between subnets can result in packet drops, which cause a user-perceptible deterioration in a real time traffic. Recent work has defined several new algorithms for Mobile IPv6 handover. These algorithms consist of two components: preconfiguring the care of address when it is known, and establishing a source route-based tunnel between the old access router and the new so that the mobile node can continue to receive its traffic on the new link under its old care of address. In this paper, we present measurements of the fast Mobile IPv6 (FMIPv6) handover algorithms on a handover emulator. While the algorithms can reduce the number of packet drops, some amount of buffering helps smooth handover. In addition, algorithms differ in their ability to reduce handover packet drops, depending on the wireless link characteristics.

Keywords

IP networks; computer network management; mobile communication; mobile computing; packet radio networks; real-time systems; telecommunication traffic; transport protocols; FMIPv6 handover; MIPv6 handover; Mobile IPv6; access router; buffering; fast MIPv6; handover emulator; handover packet drops; mobile nodes; mobility management; packet loss performance; real time traffic; source route-based tunnel; user-perceptible deterioration; wireless link characteristics; Change detection algorithms; Delay effects; Laboratories; Mobile communication; Mobile radio mobility management; Performance loss; Proposals; Routing protocols; Switches; Telecommunication traffic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications and Networking, 2003. WCNC 2003. 2003 IEEE

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA, USA

ISSN

1525-3511

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7700-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCNC.2003.1200548

Filename

1200548